A woman asks: How does a woman perform i'tikaf, and is it valid for her to perform i'tikaf in her house?
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The questioner : And this is a woman who says: How does a woman perform i'tikaf, and is it valid for her to perform i'tikaf in her house?
The Shaykh : As for her performing i'tikaf in her house, it is not valid because i'tikaf is performed in the mosque. As for her performing i'tikaf in the mosques, if there is a designated area for women, there is nothing wrong with her performing i'tikaf in the last ten days of Ramadan.
And if there is no designated area and men pass by her going and coming, I think she should not perform i'tikaf because there is fitnah (trial, discord or temptation) in this. And how many women we have seen in this al-Haram mosque performing i'tikaf, but men pass by them going and coming while they are lying down and sleeping, and perhaps a woman might be uncovered. Therefore, we see that it is better for her to remain in her house. Yes.
The Shaykh : As for her performing i'tikaf in her house, it is not valid because i'tikaf is performed in the mosque. As for her performing i'tikaf in the mosques, if there is a designated area for women, there is nothing wrong with her performing i'tikaf in the last ten days of Ramadan.
And if there is no designated area and men pass by her going and coming, I think she should not perform i'tikaf because there is fitnah (trial, discord or temptation) in this. And how many women we have seen in this al-Haram mosque performing i'tikaf, but men pass by them going and coming while they are lying down and sleeping, and perhaps a woman might be uncovered. Therefore, we see that it is better for her to remain in her house. Yes.